Bodwell - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: hi there

bhicks35 — 2011-06-13 19:48:13Z

Hi Stephen,
I just saw your post and was surprised that someone from Texas had a inquiry. My name is James Hicks and my mother was Hazel Bodwell, she had a brother named Clovis. There really isn't a lot I can tell you about the family, mom couldn't remember much, just that Clovis was in the service and when he got out he lived in Oklahoma (I think he also spent some time in WA state). She lost track of him after that. She couldn't tell us anything like was he married, did he have kids, etc. I don't know if this is your father or not. I have been interested in finding out more about her side of the family too. Oh, she had two sisters, Beulah, and I think the other on was Martha. Please let me know if this helps?
Sincerely
James

The Bodwells of Vinalhaven, Maine

judyloukides — 2011-03-26 22:44:10Z

I'm loosely related to the Bodwell family: Charlotte Marie Bodwell married my great-grandfather, Eugene Leslie Smith. A cousin I never met did extensive research and came up with a lot of information about the Bodwell family of Massachusetts and Maine and of the Bodwell Granite Company of Vinalhaven. Enjoy!

http://home.earthlink.net/~bbodwell/treepg/BodwellBlue.htm An article by Roger L. Gindle about the history of the Bodwell Granite Company.

http://quarriesandbeyond.org/states/me/me-stone_indus.html History of the Maine stone industry.

http://home.earthlink.net/~bbodwell/treepg/tree.htm History of the Bodwell family.

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-12-05 23:24:23Z

Hi,

Sure, you could try emailing the owners. Couldn't hurt...:)

Also see these resources at Cyndi's List:

http://www.cyndislist.com/houses.htm

I haven't gone through them, but I'm sure that there's some good advice in those links.

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

emsmema — 2010-12-05 19:12:59Z

Hi chatterchit,
Well, you've given me some more great ideas. I have tried the genealogical society and the library but they haven't been able to find anything other than the owners names, no pictures. I would love to find a picture of the original home. I know the house was built in 1891. I will give the site you mentioned a try. I know one of the owners (Dumont) is the family of the Dumont Funeral Home. I was thinking of emailing them directly. What do you think??

Judi

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-12-02 17:38:56Z

Hmmmmm, our county posts photos of properties online, along with their assessments. You could try that. Also try Google maps.

There could be books published on various properties, too. See www.worldcat.org. Search town and county as subjects.

Also contact the local library, genealogical and historical societies. You can google those using either Nashua or Hillsborough County.

That's all I can think of right now...:)

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

emsmema — 2010-12-02 00:31:15Z

Hi
I just wanted to let you know I did get your message and followed your advice about searching directories. I was able to get a lot of information from them on the families I'm interested in. There were 3 different families and the directories told me what years each family lived there and the family members. Your advice helped me a lot.
I'm still searching for pictures of the home. Any suggestions??

Thanks again

Judi

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-10-26 02:56:03Z

This sounds like one of the best resources:

http://www.nashualibrary.org/genealogy.htm

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-10-26 02:53:03Z

There are two old Nashua maps here:

http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

You can zoom in to see street names or owner's names, but it's sort of "cumbersome"

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-10-26 02:47:58Z

Also at archive.org: Dozens of books re: the City of Nashua expenditures...?

At least one Bodwell was a "liquor agent"

See:
http://www.archive.org/stream/reportofreceipts1858nash#page/...

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-10-26 02:39:34Z

I don't know if there's a map in it, but the History of Nashua is here:

http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcityofn00park

written in 1897

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-10-26 02:33:38Z

Have you tried this site? You can zoom in very close on these maps.

There's a Nashua map of 1892 -- there may be other times as well...

http://www.davidrumsey.com

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-10-26 02:29:24Z

Here's what the Library of Congress has (but not online)

http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/sanborn/city.php?City=Nashua&a...

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-10-26 02:27:09Z

I don't know if any of these are online, but here's a list of Sanborn maps and who has them:

Nashua (Hillsborough County; 1955- includes Hudson):

1879 - 8 sheets
New Hampshire Historical Society

1885 - 10 sheets
Dartmouth College Library

1892 - 18 sheets
Dartmouth College Library
New Hampshire Historical Society

1897 - 24 sheets
Dartmouth College Library

1902 - 28 sheets
Dartmouth College Library

1912 - 87 sheets
Dartmouth College Library (83 sheets)

1944 (revision) - 83 sheets
Formerly: US Census Bureau, Jeffersonville, IN

1955 (1961 revision) - 84 sheets
Insurance Library Association of Boston

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

emmsmema — 2010-10-25 22:01:19Z

Hi chatterchit,
Thanks so much for answering my post. I will check out the directory, that is a good lead. I do have access to ancestry and have gotten the newspaper articles as well as the census and military. All have been a great success. Still would love to be able to get some pictures for my son. He has tried to restore the home to it's original character as best he can without having anything to go by. Any suggestions as to where I might be able to get old maps on line? I did find a couple on line today but couldn't find Lincoln Ave on any of them.

Judi

Re: Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-10-25 15:04:59Z

I posted a response, but it was placed at the Bodwell board. Take a look...

Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

eGENEee — 2010-10-25 13:11:13Z

It's just a little info, but Google books has the Nashua Directory of 1899. Newton and Clarence are listed in there, along with their occupations.

Also, do you have access to ancestry.com's Newspapers and Publications database? There are 369 articles in the Nashua Telegraph with Bodwell in them (1947 to 1977.) The first one I looked at was about Ida Bodwell's 91st birthday.

Bodwell's of Nashua, NH

emsmema — 2010-10-25 03:22:40Z

Looking for decendants of Newton and Ida Bodwell and Clarence and Corinne Bodwell. I am not related but my son bought the home on Lincoln Ave that they lived in. I'm trying to put together a profile of the home and families that have lived there thru the years. Would love any information and pictures that you may be willing to share.

Judi

Joseph Bodwell, Mass. and Maine

Cindy_Beane — 2010-02-20 04:08:36Z

I don't have any connection to this family but found this while doing other research. I am posting hundreds of these “blurbs” because I believe it helps to see our ancestors as people rather than just names and dates and, in some cases, it helps to place where our ancestors were during a certain period of time.

This entry is from the Bi-Centennial issue of the Rockland, Maine Courier-Gazette. It is an article entitled "Rockland - City of Lime, Granite and Fishing."

"The second kind of granite company provided large quantities of stone for building and other construction. Rockland's Bodwell Granite Company was incorporated in 1871 and named for its founder, Joseph Bodwell. Granite quarried by this company at Fox Island (Vinalhaven), Spruce Head and St. George was used in construction of such well-known edifices as New York's Brooklyn Bridge. Boston's Jordan Marsh and Company Building, the Pilgrim Monument at Plymouth, and the building which now serves as the Executive Office Building next to the White House in Wahsington, D.C.

These companies flourished form the years following the Civl War until early in the 20th century, when Maine granite was most in demand throughout the U.S. for paving, construction of public buildings, and fashioning of monuments."

I have Gov. Bodwell's obituary. It indicates that he was born June 18, 1818 in Methuen, Mass. His death was reported in the June 20, 1887 Courier.

Re: Bodvel Hall

cbodwell1 — 2010-02-12 07:07:30Z

Hi Gerry,

With regard to the linkage between Bodvel / Bodwell / Gwynne and Wynne, you might want to look at :

http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-BODV-EL0-1550.html

And also:

http://www.myrarities.com/myroots.htm

So things go quite a ways back. From what I understand, this could be quite accurate, as Welsh nobility was required to know their male ancestors back 7 generations or more, so the history is known. Who knows.

Anyway, if anyone can help make the linkage of Henry Bodvel and Henry Bodwell of Methuen MA, that would be much appreciated. Also any interesting Bodwell history is also great. Mail me at cbodwell@yahoo.com

Charlie

Re: Bodvel Hall

Gerry_Christmas — 2009-03-05 15:51:37Z

Hi Ms. Armstrong,

While at Bodvel Hall did you happen to hear anything about a Gwynne/Wynne or Ellis family? I am in the possession of a signet ring with a lion rampant and the inscription "gweithred a ddengis." Using Burke's The GENERAL ARMORY, I have easily traced my family to Ellis of Glasfryn, Carnarvon but, after that, figuring out where Gwynne/Wynne comes into the picture is a bit ore difficult. I was able to find a connection, via WELSH BIOGRAPHY ONLINE, that told me the Bodvels were also known as the Gwynnes or Wynnes and that their descent goes back to Collwyn ap Tangno, the founder of the fifth noble tribe of northern Walaes– all of which matches up with my research. If you happened to pick up any clues, please let me know at gerry.christmas@gmail.com . Thank you.
Gerry Chrismas, aka The Yuletide Kid

Re: Bodwells & relatives

SKELLETT3 — 2007-06-27 01:09:08Z

Hello!
Do you have any background information on the Caulton family to share? My ancestors John and Isabella Caulton started the family line when they emigrated to New Zealand. John's father was Richard Caulton and his family came from Gawsworth in Cheshire, near Manchester. Steve Caulton and I (on behalf of the NZ descendants)are trying to trace back from Richard. Could you please email any response to SKELLETT3@hotmail.com
Thank you. Sonia Kellett

Kezia Bodwell

2006-01-09 00:27:27Z

Hello,
My gr. gr. grandmother was Kezia Sarah Bodwell. She was married first to Jefferson Carville and second to Emerson Bodwell. Kezia had several children from her first marriage. Kezia and Emerson lived in Minnesota. I know very little about Kezia and would like to know more.

Bodwell - Preston Marriages, early 1800's Methuen

oldbones — 2004-02-05 19:36:27Z

Methuen, Essex Co., MA marriage records report marriage of "Henry D[erbor] PRESTON of Rumney, N.H." to "Persis BODWELL" on May 5, 1808.
Methuen marriage records also report the marriage of a Henry D. PRESTON to an Abigail L. BODWELL on May 17, 1835
Ancestor's Descendants?

Looking for descendants of Bodwells in Lebanon Nebraska

charlesacass — 2003-12-31 06:31:36Z

My grand aunt worked for a large Bodwell family in the Lebanon, Red Willow County, Nebraska area. I would like to hear from any relatives.

Alin
caswell70@kconline.com

hi there

stevo26 — 2003-08-18 21:39:35Z

hello my name is stephen l rose sr. i am the youngest son of
clovis allen bodwell from texas ,id like to talk to anyone who
knew him ,and maybe find out a little bit more about my blood
lines. i also have onformation about 3 of his other children
kenneth,douglas and tracy .hope to hear from you soon

steve

Re: Bodvel Hall

2003-05-21 19:33:24Z

I would love to be able to see your pictures and get more info about Bodvel Hall. Thanks.

Bodwells & relatives

2002-12-07 19:33:00Z

I have a copy of the KITH and KIN that lists all those who were at the 1902 Christmas reunion at Elgin Hall in Mt. Elgin Ont. I have connected all the Bodwells to Geoff Bodwell's Bodwell Family Lines except for three, all of Mt. Elgin.They are May Bodwell, Douglas Bodwell and Gladys Bodwell. Can anyone help to identify them?

Lizzie Bodwell-Ewing

kris_ewing — 2002-08-21 22:46:15Z

Seeking any information on Lizzie Bodwell-Ewing, married to Harry Alexander Ewing. I know of a son they had named Arthur Rolland Ewing. Please reply to this message or send me an email at kris_ewing@yahoo.com...Thanks!

Bodvel Hall

2002-08-20 16:44:11Z

I just returned from visiting Bodvel Hall in Wales. There seem to be some cracks in the stone of the front facade, but considering it's more than 350 years, it's in amazing condition. I got several photographs. Don't know if we have the capacity to show some on the website or not. Also discovered Coed (Wood in Welsh) Bodvel down the road from it. The house there is about 200 years old. It must have been part of the original family holdings with that name.

Abigail Bodwell

Cowzie1234 — 2002-05-29 22:20:18Z

Thanks for theinfo on Abigail. She is the 5th child of Henry and Bethia Emery. She was born 15 Jan 1686 in Andover, MA. She died 7 Aug 1778 in Coventry, Ct.

LORING BROOKS BODWELL BORN APRIL 20, 1844

Kathyoz1 — 2001-06-26 21:39:33Z

I HAVE A DINNER INVITATION BOOKLET FOR LORING B. BODWELL.
IT WAS IN HONOUR OF HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY. THE DINNER WAS HELD IN MANCHESTER, NH.
A PHOTO OF HIM DECORATES IT'S COVER.
If you're interested, please email me at
theostranders@cybertours.com
Thanks

Bodwell + Emery

2000-12-12 18:58:34Z

It seems that my line comes from a younger sister to your Abigail, Sarah Bodwell (1694-1737). At some point, I would like to explore what you all have on this line.

Eventually, a descendant marries into the Thomas Dow lineage (also my direct ancestor, which I am currently working out from).

reply to stories inquery

2000-12-10 04:18:00Z

Are you looking for stories that have been told or to speak to people first hand?? Also, what branch are you looking for?

bodwell family tree

2000-11-29 12:21:09Z

hello, i have a family tree back until 1525 i believe. i am trying to find old relatives and tell the old stories of families. i have been working on this tree for years, and very hard to get veryfar. I would love some help and if i can you i would be more than glad to do that too

bodwell family tree.

1999-07-26 08:13:29Z

anyone looking for info the famliy tree?

Go to bodwell family tree almost all of it is
mapped out for you.